During the 2016 campaign, one issue that Donald Trump made clear was that a vote for him was a vote for a border wall with Mexico. In Washington, no one cared. It was just another political promise of the sort that presidential candidates have violated year after year. For Trump and the American voters, however, this was a central promise of the Trump candidacy.
Now we are at the point where that wall can actually be built. Instead of moving ahead with it, however, the issue looks likely to be put on hold for the time being because the Democrats threatened to shut down the government rather than to allow any funds to be used for that wall. There was an election which, if it showed anything, showed that America's voters wanted that wall built. The Democrats lost the election and now hold the country hostage to their battle to prevent enforcement of the immigration laws. This is not a case where Trump won, but the Democrats won the House or the Senate; they lost both. No, this is a case in which the Democrat party is trying to take control for itself in order to thwart the will of the people from being obeyed.
It's a disgrace.
Now we are at the point where that wall can actually be built. Instead of moving ahead with it, however, the issue looks likely to be put on hold for the time being because the Democrats threatened to shut down the government rather than to allow any funds to be used for that wall. There was an election which, if it showed anything, showed that America's voters wanted that wall built. The Democrats lost the election and now hold the country hostage to their battle to prevent enforcement of the immigration laws. This is not a case where Trump won, but the Democrats won the House or the Senate; they lost both. No, this is a case in which the Democrat party is trying to take control for itself in order to thwart the will of the people from being obeyed.
It's a disgrace.
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